If your focus is on avoiding OSHA citations, then avoiding citations is what you’ll do. You’ll figure out what you can get by with, but you won’t necessarily prevent John from falling and breaking his ...

This free guide to ladder safety regulations summarizes the relevant standards from various parts of OSHA’s general industry worker safety standard. It covers the design of the ladder itself, access ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s second annual “National Safety Stand-Down” to prevent falls in the construction industry has just concluded. The 2015 initiative, which began May 4 ...

In support of OSHA’s annual initiative to prevent falls in construction, organizations across the country will participate in National Safety Stand-Down Week from May 5 through May 9, offering a ...

Bates College has developed Ladder Safety Guidelines to safeguard employees that perform work with portable ladders. These guidelines are intended to prevent ladder-related accidents and to promote ...

OSHA’s ladder safety requirements are arguably the easiest to comply with. Yet failure here makes it near the top of OSHA’s “frequent flyer” list every year. Failure here is also responsible for a ...